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Course Profile

The Human Toolbox™ Practitioners Course provides the foundation for using The Human Toolbox™ Programme as a psycho-educational and holistic framework for working with young people and adults. This visual and systemic model raises awareness, lowers anxiety, builds confidence and provides a platform for positive change and improved wellbeing.

The course is designed for counsellors, teachers, teaching assistants, health professionals, youth workers and anyone who works with those suffering from anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, low self-confidence, dependency, weight issues, sleeplessness, inability to form or sustain relationships, lack of direction, low motivation or poor physical health. The Human Toolbox™ Programme is effective in promoting positive change in adults, young people and children.

Course Entitlement

A CPD certificate verifying 18 hours of work will be provided at the end of the course, along with a Human Toolbox™ Authorised Practitioners Certificate for those who successfully complete the course. Delegates will receive electronic notes, slide shows, photocopyable worksheets and supporting exercises for personal use and for use with clients in a one to one and small group setting.

Previous delegates say...

"Brilliant course, well presented and enjoyable. Lots of good stuff learnt. Would recommend it to anyone. Thank you."

"Discussion opportunities were great and well facilitated. I have lots of thoughts about how to integrate this into my health practice. The Human Toolbox is a wonderful idea and much needed. The concept and the stepped programme is just brilliant. I would like regular development days and as many resources as you can create."

"I cannot think of any improvements other than I could have done with more time. I have really enjoyed the training and know I will find it extremely useful in my work with adults and children."

What does the course cover?

Day 1

Introduction to developmental delay and interruption?

What is developmental delay and why does it occur?

McLean's Triune Brain model

The developmental stages and the building blocks

Nature and nurture - the affect of parenting style on neural development

Identifying developmental delay

The impact of trauma

Overcoming developmental delay and interruption

Growing ourselves up!

Discussion and case studies

Day 2

Introduction to The Human Toolbox™ Programme:

What Humans Do…

This powerful, visual 'story' underpins The Human Toolbox™ Programme and provides immediate relief and recognition enabling clients to engage from the very first session. What humans do... explains why humans:

have feelings, sensations and emotions

become overwhelmed with difficult feelings

explode with rage and hurt others

implode with anxiety or depression and hurt themselves

turn to harmful distraction or dependency

find it difficult to sleep peacefully

feel exhausted and demotivated

suffer with physical stress related illness

use defensive behaviours to protect themselves

often feel lonely, disconnected and worthless

How the World is...

This second paradigm, again told through image and narrative explains how we deal with change. The story explains:

nothing is static - we live in a constantly changing world

change creates strong emotion

ignoring or distracting from strong feeling can lead to anxiety and depression

we long for the people and places we've lost

letting go is often painful and takes time

moving on is not linear.... we do it in stages

we have Human Tools to make change easier to bear

These powerful narratives form the basis for introducing the Human Tools.

The Control Tool

The Human Brain controls everything we do, say, think and feel. From the moment we're born to the moment we die the brain is tasked with ensuring our survival, both as an individual and as a species.

Understanding how the brain works removes the ‘mystery’ surrounding behaviour, and provides a platform for positive change.

This module focuses on:

How the brain forms in utero, and the effect of nature vs nurture

Explains the ‘Triune Brain’ model and the battle between thoughts and feelings

Explores the effect of parenting styles on the developing brain

Explains the powerful Amygdala and its role in survival

Explains mirror neurons and their role in emotional contagion

Explores developmental ‘stages’ and the effect of change or trauma

Explores working with clients who are emotionally developmentally ‘delayed’

The brain needs a constant flow of good information for it to work efficiently. Information about the ‘outside world’ is provided through the five senses, and information about the ‘inside world’ is provided by the highly intelligent gut and heart. When we don’t pay attention to this vital ‘input’ our safety is compromised along with our emotional and physical wellbeing.

This module focuses on:

The five major senses and their role in our survival

The intelligent gut and heart and the vital information they provide

The stress response and the powerful physical effect of adrenaline and cortisol

The power of meditation and mindfulness

Useful mindfulness strategies and exercises

Explains the vital role of the Vagus nerve and the 'data highway''

Stimulating the Vagus and developing good vagal tone

The Back-up Tool

Understanding the vital role human emotion plays in our survival is essential for good health and wellbeing. Human emotion comes to make us take notice, and where possible to take action, to keep ourselves safe and well. When we fail to understand this or we try to ignore difficult or important feelings they ‘back-up’ making us angry and explosive, or anxious and withdrawn.

This module focuses on:

The purpose and power of emotion

The four component parts of emotion

Recognising ‘old’ recycled emotion

Recognising defensive and protective behaviour

The impact of early years on our EI (Emotional Intelligence)

Strategies and techniques for processing and managing difficult feelings

The ‘feelings continuum’

The amygdala and the 'chemistry' of stress

Day 3

The Release Tools

Humans have in-built tools for relieving stress, anxiety and depression, and for promoting energy flow, good health and happiness. Before we can tap into these powerful tools we first need to understand the stress cycle and the biochemistry which drives it.

This module focuses on:

The four ‘happy hormones’ The six powerful Release Tools and how they ‘rebalance’ and regulate our chemical, emotional and physical state

Oxytocin

Seratonin

Dopamine

Endorphin

Explores the 6 Release Tools and explains how they are the 'antidote' to stress

Humans need a constant supply of ‘fuel’ to keep fit, healthy and vibrant. We know when we need 'topping-up' because we become tired, irritable, unfocussed, demotivated and discontent. Learning how to 'refuel' efficiently is a primary life skill.

This module focuses on:

The six major Human Fuels:

Air - the brain and the body are chemically dependent on oxygen, yet we are never taught routinely how to breath properly. Learning how to breath efficiently and restoratively is the focus of this section.

Sleep – understanding how to achieve good quality sleep is essential for brain and body health

Nutrition - understanding the effect of blood sugar on mood, weight, renewal and growth is an essential first step to making good food choices. The Human Toolbox focuses on intelligent eating rather than dieting or cutting out food groups.

Hydration – the brain is approximately 75% water and needs constant re-hydration to maintain focus, direction and retention. The body also needs good hydration for growth, cleansing and lubrication.

Purpose - without it we become detached, lethargic and life feels pointless and unrewarding. This human fuel is as essential as food and water. The module explores how we find a sense of purpose - and how we recover it when it's been lost.

The Connect Tools

Humans are social animals and our physical and emotional wellbeing is greatly enhanced through warm, safe, loving and enduring relationships. Without ‘good connection’ we feel lonely, isolated and anxious.

This module focuses on:

Optimism and the chemistry of positive thinking

The power of kindness and compassion and its role in protecting the heart

The 3-day Human Toolbox™ Practitioner Course will provide delegates with a clear understanding of the programme and how to use it in a 1:1, small nurture group or systemic family setting. On completion delegates will be invited to join a support group to provide an ongoing forum for sharing ideas and good practice.

Note: The Human Toolbox Authorised Practitioner Course does not entitle delegates to train or teach others how to use the programme. Those wishing to use the Human Toolbox™ in a training environment will need to complete the Human Toolbox™ Authorised Facilitator Training Course. On successful completion a Human Toolbox™ Authorised Facilitator's will be qualified to deliver the programme under licence.

FAQs

What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?

The nearest public carpark to MTCIC House is at RAM Meadow Cotton Lane, IP33 1XP.

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

You can contact the organisers at MTCIC on 01284 750096 - Jess McWilliams or Victoria PamplinYou can contact Lindy Wheeler at info@humantoolbox.com or on 07980 272386

MTCIC House
8a Looms Lane
IP33 1HE Bury St Edmunds
United Kingdom

Friday, 9 June 2017 at 09:30 - Sunday, 11 June 2017 at 16:30 (BST)

Organiser

The Human Toolbox Company Limited

Lindy Wheeler, MBACP (Accredited), FRSA Psychotherapist and author developed the Human Toolbox™ Programme in direct response to the many questions raised by her young clients.

In 2003, as a newly qualified counsellor, Lindy was invited to set up a youth counselling service and worked with over 600 young people and their families in the following decade. Many of her young clients were unable to engage effectively with their education and also struggled with their lives outside of school. Although each client brought their own individual story to the counselling room the underlying issues were the same. Frustration, loneliness, low self esteem and self confidence, feelings of failure, lack of hope and the overwhelming need to feel heard and valued. Predictably many had developed defensive behaviours to protect themselves from further difficult and unmanageable feelings. They found themselves caught in a destructive cycle and urgently needed help to understand and break it... before it broke them!

The Human Toolbox™ Programme is the result of over 10,000 client hours, much research and even more trial and error. Whilst it started as a visual model for working with children and adolescents it has proven to be equally effective in adult therapy and as a framework for group work and systemic family therapy.

The Human Toolbox™ Programme raises awareness and reduces the fear and misunderstanding around mental health by explaining the mind/body connection. The Human Toolbox™ Programme promotes good health and wellbeing through simple, visual lessons coupled with sound strategies and techniques for reducing stress and anxiety and restoring emotional balance.

The Human Toolbox™ Program is available as follows:

The Human Toolbox™ Tools for Schools

The Human Toolbox™ eBook series

The Human Toolbox™ seminars and workshops

The Human Toolbox™ Practitioner Training

The Human Toolbox™ Facilitator Training

The Human Toolbox™ Mentoring and coaching

The Human Toolbox™ Supervision

The Human Toolbox™ Workplace wellbeing

More information can be found at www.humantoolbox.co.uk

Lindy Wheeler can be reached at info@humantoolbox.co.uk or through MTCIC a social enterprise and mental health agency based in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk.